Personal and Relative Pronouns

In English, pronouns take the place of nouns so that you do not have to repeat nouns again. Here’s an explainer to help you accurately use personal and relative pronouns. Can you spot them in action in the passage?

Personal pronouns can be used to replace the subject or object of a sentence.
The person or object doing the action is the subject of the sentence.

Relative pronouns take the place of nouns or pronouns. They relate back to something or someone else,
and they join sentences about the same person or thing.

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